Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 2026 · Prudential Center

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4–3

Final/SO

SOG 29–38

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 38-29.

Goals came from Jayden Struble, Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson, Dawson Mercer, Jack Hughes and Timo Meier.

Jakub Dobes made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 26 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	0	0	1	4	29
NJD	0	2	1	0	0	3	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jayden Struble (2)Cole Caufield (35), Arber Xhekaj (2)Hameenaho 1:25 into shift1–015:58 MTL

2nd period

Ivan Demidov (17)Cole Caufield (36), Nick Suzuki (68)2–008:12 MTL · PPG
Lane Hutson (12)Unassisted3–009:28 MTL
Dawson Mercer (18)Timo Meier (18), Nico Hischier (36)3–113:08 NJD
Jack Hughes (25)Jesper Bratt (47), Jonas Siegenthaler (13)Bolduc 1:17 into shift3–217:40 NJD · SHG

3rd period

Timo Meier (23)Jack Hughes (45), Dougie Hamilton (23)3–317:45 NJD

SO period

Oliver KapanenUnassisted4–300:00 MTL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:25

1–0 · 1st 15:58 · Struble. Hameenaho was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 MTL

1st 15:58 · Struble

Long shift: Hameenaho 1:25

Long shiftHameenaho 1:25

2–0 MTL

2nd 8:12 · PP · Demidov

Hischier 0:42

NormalHischier 0:42

3–0 MTL

2nd 9:28 · Hutson

Hughes 0:49

NormalHughes 0:49

3–1 NJD

2nd 13:08 · Mercer

Xhekaj 0:58

NormalXhekaj 0:58

3–2 NJD

2nd 17:40 · SH · Hughes

Long shift: Bolduc 1:17

Long shiftBolduc 1:17

3–3 NJD

3rd 17:45 · Meier

Evans 0:31

Fresh legsEvans 0:31

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLNJD

29Shots on goal38

42%Faceoff %58%

1/5Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes10

16Hits17

6Blocked shots13

12Giveaways13

6Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 13:03Ivan Demidov · interference2 min
1st 19:52Nick Bjugstad · slashing2 min
2nd 07:40Jonas Siegenthaler · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 15:38Brenden Dillon · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 18:06Jack Hughes · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

13Cole CaufieldR	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	–	22:15
14Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	29	23:55
93Ivan DemidovR	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	2	–	20:40
47Jayden StrubleD	1	0	1	+2	1	3	1	0	–	15:28
48Lane HutsonD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	29:47
72Arber XhekajD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:00
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	09:48
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	67	15:15
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	14:30
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	22:46
24Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	71	12:11
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	14:43
76Zachary BolducR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:06
90Joseph VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:06
91Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	22	14:33
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	24:01
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	16:53
53Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	22:08

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Samuel MontembeaultG		0	0	0	–	00:00
75Jakub DobesG	W	38	35	3	.921	65:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

28Timo MeierR	1	1	2	+2	7	5	0	0	–	20:06
86Jack HughesC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	3	2	42	26:26
13Nico HischierC	0	1	1	+2	3	1	1	0	71	23:47
63Jesper BrattL	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	20:24
91Dawson MercerC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	21:47
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	1	1	+1	3	3	2	0	–	22:54
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	–	18:55
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	55	12:43
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0	–	22:17
21Marc McLaughlinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	04:34
29Lenni HameenahoR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	09:39
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	06:27
48Brian HalonenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:56
72Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	09:16
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	–	15:15
8Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	21:08
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:23
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	–	27:43

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	O	29	26	3	.897	64:53